Christopher Fairbank
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Christopher Fairbank (sometimes credited as Chris Fairbank; born October 4, 1953) is an English actor best known for his role as Moxey in the hit comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Fairbank was born in Hertfordshire, England. He has numerous television credits to his name, notably in Sapphire and Steel, The Professionals, The Scarlet Pimpernel and provided minor voice talent for both the hit Wallace and Gromit feature-length film Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Flushed Away (both produced by Aardman). Fairbank also appeared as one of the pair of muggers who rob an out-of-town family, heralding the first appearance of the Batman in Tim Burton's 1989 film. Fairbank also had roles as Mactilburgh the scientist in the film The Fifth Element, the prisoner Murphy in Alien 3, and the Player Queen in the Franco Zeffirelli version of Hamlet, opposite Mel Gibson. Recently, he provided the voice of Old King Doran in the video game Demon's Souls and provides a number of voice accents in the PS2 video game Prisoner of War. Chris also appeared in Goal! trilogy in the character of a Newcastle United fan. In 2010, Chris appeared as a detective in the BBC Drama, Five Daughters, and as Alfred "Freddie" Lennon in the biopicLennon Naked with Christopher Eccleston. In 2011 Fairbank starred in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tidesas a pirate called Ezekiel. In 2012 he appeared as an Australian in Sky 1's Starlings.
Known for
Credits
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
as Broker
The Fifth Element (1997)
as Mactilburgh
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
as Ezekiel
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
as Uncle
The Little Mermaid (2023)
as Hawkins
Hercules (2014)
as Gryza
Batman (1989)
as Nic
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
as The Broker
Flushed Away (2006)
as Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
as Additional Voice (voice)
Alien³ (1992)
as Murphy
Iron Mask (2019)
as Grey
Papillon (2017)
as Jean Castili
Goal! (2005)
as Foghorn
Scoop (2024)
as Elderly Man
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)
as Potter
London Fields (2018)
as Darts Player
Lady Macbeth (2016)
as Boris Lester
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
as Man Filling in Ditch
Below (2002)
as Pappy
Hamlet (1990)
as Player Queen
The Awakening (1980)
as Porter
Goal III: Taking on the World (2009)
as Foghorn
Lennon Naked (2010)
as Freddie Lennon
100 Nights of Hero (2025)
as Beaked Brother Charles
Hanna's War (1988)
as Ruven
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
as Tom Harrison
Little Deaths (2011)
as X
Plenty (1985)
as Spencer
The Bunker (2001)
as Sgt. Heydrich
Black Plague (2002)
as Steward
Agatha (1979)
as Luland
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)
as Self
Murder with Mirrors (1985)
as Sergeant Lake
The Fight (2019)
as Frank Dunn
Walk Like a Panther (2018)
as Leslie Beck
Cargo (2006)
as Ralph
Almost Heaven (2006)
as Teapot Ted
Orthodox (2012)
as Goldberg
All My Friends Hate Me (2022)
as Norman
Royce (1994)
as Kupchak
Venus Peter (1989)
as Blind Man
Brimstone & Treacle (1982)
as Drunk
Orthodox (2015)
as Joseph Goldberg
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005)
as Physician
Hands of a Murderer (1990)
as Jeremy Stubb
Cry Wolf (—)
as Sergeant
A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
as DS Edgar Wield
Death of Zygielbojm (2021)
Actor
Back with the Boys Again (2013)
as Himself
Writers Retreat (2015)
as Nigel
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God (2020)
as Deus
Games Without Frontiers (1980)
as Billy
How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982)
as Jerry Crowe
Sunday For Sammy 2016 (2016)
Actor